History Undergraduate Advising

A: The coordinator of undergraduate advising assigns each new advisee to one of our departmental advisors. If you would like to change your advisor, ask the coordinator to make the change. You can email the coordinator of undergraduate advising, Dr. Michael Silvestri (email: msilves@clemson.edu )

A: The primary task of the academic advisor is to help the student make sure that students meet the various requirements of the major and the university. Advisors do offer some help about career choice and applications to graduate or law school. More generally, advisors can also help students make academic choices and function as advocates for advisees in terms of the university as a whole.

A: Dr. Wilson is the Department's prelaw advisor. She meets with students individually to discuss law school applications and choosing a legal career; she also holds occasional workshops on subjects related to the application process.

A: Students take 3 credits in non-literature humanities. Check general education list.

A: Students need to take 9 credits of advanced humanities courses. Generally advanced humanities courses are courses at the 3000 or 4000 level, but ART 2100, THEA 2100, and Music 2100 count for fulfillment of the advanced humanities requirement. The following fields are considered humanities areas: Art and architectural history, English (except 3040, 3120, 3140, 3160, 3330, 3340, 3350, 4850, 4900, 4950), languages, music, philosophy, religion, communications (except Comm 3640 and 3680), theater (except Theater 3770, 4870, 4970), women’s studies, as well as courses entitled “humanities.”

A: Yes, it can. Typically minors in humanities areas would meet the requirement for 3 upper level courses in the humanities but not necessarily the non-literature Humanities requirement. Some courses that fulfill the requirement for two literature courses might also be part of a minor.

A: You can use courses required for the minor to meet the History major’s Advanced Humanities requirement.

A: If you took A.P .US, then you get credit for History 1010 and History 1020. These courses can count toward your major. If you took A.P. Modern European, then you get credit for History 1730. This course does not count toward your major, but it does fulfill one of the general education requirements. Students who have credit for this exam will still need to take History 1720 in order to complete the Gen. Ed. Social Science requirement.

A: It won’t show until you have completed 2020 in whatever language you are studying.

A: Go to CHE Life Scholarship Program for the latest information. Basically, you need to maintain a 3.0 by the end of the academic year (this includes summer school, if courses are taken at Clemson or other SC school), having taken at least thirty hours. If you lose your scholarship, you can reapply if you meet those standards for the next year. So a student who lost a Life scholarship at the end of his/her freshman year might be able to get one back for junior year.

A: Dr. Bein, the department chair and Dr. Silvestri, the undergraduate coordinator.

A: You need to get a course approval form from the Registrar’s web page. Your advisor will need to sign the form, but so will someone in the department at Clemson that teaches the course. They will probably want a description from a catalogue or web site of exactly what the course is. Check the CU Transfer Equivalency List for most domestic and some international colleges. Once the form has been filled out and the courses approved, turn it back in at Sikes. Once you’ve completed the course, you will still need to arrange to have the other university send Clemson the record of your course. Clemson will then give credit for the course but it will not record the grade and the grade will not become part of your average. It’s a good idea to check after a month or so to make sure that the transfer credit has been recorded; always keep a copy of the form and give one to your advisor.